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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS
F IS C A L . A G E N T O F T H E U N IT E D S T A T E S

Dallas, Texas, October 26, 1942

To All Banking Institutions, and Others Concerned,
in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District:
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued the following general license:
“GENERAL LICENSE NO. 30A UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 8389, as amended,
Executive Order No. 9193, sections 3(a) and 5(b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act,
as amended by the F irst War Powers Act, 1941, relating to Foreign Funds Control.*
(1) A general license is hereby granted authorizing all transactions incident to the
administration of the assets situated within the United States of any blocked estate in
which any one of the following conditions is present:
(a) The decedent was not a national of a blocked country at the time of his death;
(b) The decedent was a citizen of the United States and a national of a blocked
country a t the time of his death solely by reason of his presence in a blocked
country as a result of his employment by or service with the United States
Government; or
(c) The gross value of the assets within the United States does not exceed §5,000;
provided, however, that any property paid or distributed to a national of a blocked country
pursuant to this general license shall be subject to all the provisions of the Order, and
provided, further, that any payment or distribution of any funds, securities or other
choses in action as to a national of a blocked country shall be made by deposit in a blocked
account in a domestic bank or with a public officer, agency, or instrumentality designated
by a court having jurisdiction of the estate (i) in the name of the national who is the
ultimate beneficiary thereof; (ii) in the name of a person who is not a national of a
blocked country in trust for the national who is the ultimate beneficiary; or (iii) under
any other designation which clearly shows the interest therein of such national.
(2) This general license also authorizes all transactions incident to the following
limited acts of administration of the assets situated within the United States of any
other blocked estate:
(a) The appointment and qualification of a personal representative;
(b) The collection and preservation of such assets by such personal representa­
tive and the payment of all costs, fees and charges in connection therew ith;
and
(c) The payment by such personal representative of funeral expenses and
expenses of the last illness.
(3) This general license shall not be deemed to authorize:
(a) Any national of a blocked country to act as personal representative or
co-representative of any estate;

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(b) Any national of a blocked country to represent, directly or indirectly, any
person who has an interest in an estate;
(c) Any transaction directly or indirectly a t the request or upon the instruc­
tions of any national of a blocked country; or
(d) Any transaction which could not be effected if no national of a blocked
country had any interest in such estate.
(4) As used in this general license, the term ‘blocked estate’ shall mean any de­
cedent’s estate in which a national of a blocked country has an interest. A person shall
be deemed to have an interest in a decedent’s estate if he (i) was the decedent; (ii) is a
personal representative; or (iii) is a creditor, heir, legatee, devisee, distributee, or
beneficiary.
(5) This general license authorizes all transactions incident to the collection, con­
servation, administration, liquidation, and distribution of any blocked estate engaged in
since the effective date of the Order; provided such transactions comply with the terms
and conditions of this general license.
(6) Any transfer or other dealing in any property authorized under this general
license shall not be deemed to limit or restrict the exercise of any power or authority
under section 5 (b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended.
(7) Attention is directed to the provisions of Public Circular No. 20.
RANDOLPH PAUL
Acting Secretary of the Treasury”
October 24, 1942*
*P art 131— Sec. 5(b), 40 S tat. 415 and 966; Sec. 2, 48 S tat. 1; 54 S tat. 179; Public No. 354, 77th Congress,
55 S tat. 838; Ex. Order 8389, A pril 10, 1940, as amended by Ex. Order 8785, Ju n e 14, 1941; Ex. O rder
8832, July 26, 1941; Ex. Order 8963, December 9, 1941, and Ex. Order 8998, December 26,1941; Ex. Order
9193, Ju ly 6, 1942; Regulations, A pril 10, 1940, as amended Ju n e 14, 1941, and Ju ly 26, 1941.

Yours very truly,
R. R. GILBERT

President